. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of 'l-iie Nokthekn States and Canada. Ill The Large-tooth Poplar rarely it ever at- tains a greater height than 70 or 80 ft. or 2 ft. in thickness of trunk. Wlien sufficiently isolated from other trees it develops a loose oval or rounded top of handsome clean foliage, always rustling with the slightest breeze, on account of the peculiar formation of petioles. The bark of branches and 3'ounger trunks is smooth and of a grayish green color. Later it becomes fissured
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of 'l-iie Nokthekn States and Canada. Ill The Large-tooth Poplar rarely it ever at- tains a greater height than 70 or 80 ft. or 2 ft. in thickness of trunk. Wlien sufficiently isolated from other trees it develops a loose oval or rounded top of handsome clean foliage, always rustling with the slightest breeze, on account of the peculiar formation of petioles. The bark of branches and 3'ounger trunks is smooth and of a grayish green color. Later it becomes fissured into rough firm ridges. It is found mostly on sandy slopes and the banks of streams in company with the Hemlock, Pines, Oaks, Maples, Shad-bush, Butternut, Red Spruce, etc. As with the Quaking Asp, its hardy seeds scattered widely by the wind quickly clothe with new verdure tracts of forest lands recently' denuded by fires. Then protected by the shade of these seedlings the more tender seeds of more useful trees are able to germinate and grow. Its wood is light, a cubic foot weighing lbs., soft and not strong and is used in the manufacture of excelsior, paper, wooden- ware and occasionally for Leaves orhicular-ovate, 3-f! in. long, coarsely and irregularly dentate, from obtuse to rounded at base, short acuminatp, densely white tomentose at first hut finally glabrous, thin and fli'm ; petioles long, slender and laterally compressed : winter buds puberulous. Flairrys: aments 1-.^ in. long: scales with silliy pale hairs and irregularly .5-7- rlctt; stamens fi-12 : stiimas 2 with long filiform lobes. Fruit () : capsules long-conic. 2- valved, about Vs in. long; seeds dark brown, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hough, Romeyn Beck, 1857-1924. Lowville, N. Y. : Rome
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